I just found out today via Mark Evanier that writer/artist/editor Bill DuBay died two weeks ago on April 15. I don’t think I ever met DuBay during my years as a comics pro, but I was certainly familiar with his work from my years as a comics fan.

I devoured his writing and editing at Warren Publishing in the pages of Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella in the ’70s, but what I remember most (which I’m guessing probably wouldn’t have pleased him) is a series of humorous strips he wrote and drew for the program books of Phil Seuling’s 1972 and 1973 New York Comic Art Conventions.

These two pages, starring DuBay himself, gave me a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the world of publishing and comics I had no idea I would eventually enter.

And just in case you don’t recognize who that’s supposed to be on the right-hand side of the final two panels—that’s Warren Publishing’s Jim Warren.

Check out The Comics Reporter for more about Bill DuBay and his contributions to the world of comics.